Real-Time Event Monitoring Definitions

Keep these terms in mind when working with Real-Time Event Monitoring.
Available in both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience.
Available in: Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

Requires Salesforce Shield or Salesforce Event Monitoring add-on subscriptions.


Event
An event is anything that happens in Salesforce, including user clicks, record state changes, and measuring values. Events are immutable and timestamped.
Event Channel
A stream of events on which an event producer sends event messages and event consumers read those messages.
Event Subscriber
A subscriber to a channel that receives messages from the channel. For example, a security app is notified of new report downloads.
Event Message
A message used to transmit data about the event.
Event Publisher
The publisher of an event message over a channel, such as a security and auditing app.